Where was the Cleveland Restoration Society, when their wonks demolished the Historic Giglio Farm

About the time some wacked-out over-empowered government wonks were demolishing Frank Giglio's Historic Landmark house [1], on his city-desecrated urban farm, all the "restorationists" in our Society were abuzz about the chance to rub elbows with Timothy "Art Is Back [2]" Rub at the sell-out "36th installment of our Community Luncheon" Cleveland Restoration Society self-love-fest, held last week at Wyndham Cleveland, at Playhouse Square... celebrating themselves for being such good "preservationists" and Key Bank for providing funding to save important historic structures, like Frank's House was, in important neighborhoods, like Frank's was. 

The luncheon promoted: "Rub will share his thoughts about his new city, Cleveland, and how we might develop our understanding and appreciation of our Modern and “recent past” architecture." This to a Society of people who intended to demolish a Breuer companion to the one under Rub's temporary trust, at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The absurdity of all this would be laughable, if not so disgusting.

The Cleveland Restoration Society Executive Director is Kathleen Crowther. Her husband Herb has been involved with redevelopment planning for Grace Hospital, which is across the street from the vacant land that was the site of Frank's house and farm. Grace has blighted the same exact spot in the neighborhood with several historic board-ups for as long as I can remember, and they have the money to fix those places up. There is a double standard at play here, at best. I fear there is far worse to be discovered and realized by the slumbering citizenry.

I question the value of a Restoration Society in Cleveland that allows such property to be demolished. As you will see, looking at their list of trustees, you know people in this society well - speak up to them and ask them to explain their role or lack thereof in this historic landmarks fiasco.

And, let's air any Grace role in the history or present of this fiasco, as there may be conflicts of interest at hand. If there are not conflicts, I'll be glad.

Below is our who's who of historic preservation [3] in NEO, who had Frank's historic home at the Gateway to the Historic Tremont Neighborhood demolished on their watch... er, during their Society cocktail-hour... we should have taken them out after the Breuer fiasco [4]! At least the FBI did the job with one of them, so far...

If you are a Trustee of Cleveland Restoration, you already know D.A.S. President and FBI Sting target Steven Pumper very well... and you know who you are, and should speak up about the lack of restoration effort from your Society for Frank Giglio, or our society:

CRS's Board of Trustees and Advisors

OFFICERS
Thomas Einhouse President		Vice President, Playhouse Square Foundation Management Company
Jan M. Devereaux Immediate Past President		Community Volunteer
Nancy Griffith Vice President		Fundraising Consultant & Community Volunteer
Thomas A. Jorgensen Vice President		Attorney, Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Joseph A. Marinucci Vice President		President, Downtown Cleveland Partnership
Dana Mitchell, RA NCARB Vice President		Vice President, Architecture, URS Corporation
Mark E. Pettigrew,   Treasurer		Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
Lillian (Lin) Emmons Secretary		Community Volunteer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Gail Arnold		Community Volunteer
W. Daniel Bickerstaff II		CEO and Principal Architect, Ubiquitous Design, Ltd.
Dennis R. Burnside		Senior Vice President, Transaction Advisory, Equis Corporation
Lee A. Chilcote		Attorney, The Chilcote Law Firm
Mark L. Dent		General Manager, Turner Construction Company
Jan M. Devereaux		Community Volunteer
Thomas A. Einhouse		Vice President, Playhouse Square Foundation Management Company
Lillian Emmons		Community Volunteer
Rev. Bruce T. Goode		President, Goode Investment Management, Inc.
Nancy Griffith		Fundraising Consultant & Community Volunteer
Robert D. Keiser		Secretary, Cleveland Landmarks Commission
Donna R. Kelce		Vice President, Key Community Development Corporation
Marjorie H. Kitchell		Attorney
R. Kevin Madison		Vice President, Robert P. Madison Intl., Inc.
Joseph A. Marinucci		President, Downtown Cleveland Partnership
Ari J. Maron		Partner, MRN Ltd.
Adelbert Marous, Jr.		President, Marous Brothers Construction
Punch McHamm		Vice President of Operations, A Cultural Exchange
Stanley Meisel		Chairman ex officio, Carnegie Company
Dana S. Mitchell, RA NCARB		Vice President, Architecture, URS Corporation
Andrea Morris		Interior Designer, Community Volunteer
Jeffrey A. O'Donnell		Tenant Coordinator, 3rd Works, LLC
Mark E. Pettigrew		Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
Gordon J. Priemer		President & Owner, Heartland Developers
Steven W. Pumper		President, D-A-S Construction Co.
Jonathan Sandvick		Sandvick Architects, Inc.
Deborah Sutherland		Mayor, City of Bay Village
Paul J. Volpe		Managing Principal, City Architecture, Inc.
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COMMUNITY ADVISORS
Joseph J. Mahovlic, Chair		President, The Providence Group
Bruce H. Akers		Mayor of Pepper Pike
Tim J. Callahan		President, MCT Corporation; Private Financial Consultant
Kathleen H. Coakley		Museum Consultant
Kathleen A. Coleman		Community & Cultural Relations Volunteer
Art J. Falco		President, Playhouse Square Foundation
Sharon H. Glaspie		Consultant, ST. Vincent Charity Hospital
Robert D. Gries		Gries Family Foundation
Sally Griswold		Community Volunteer
Nicki N. Gudbranson		Community Volunteer
Cecelia R. Huffman		Consultant, The Huffman Group
Conway Ivy		Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development, The Sherwin-Williams Company
William R. Joseph		Attorney, Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley LLP
Morton Q. Levin		President, the Levin Group
William P. Madar Jr		Retired, President and CEO of Nordson Corporation
Joseph J. Mahovlic		President, the Providence Group
Charles Miller		President, Doty Miller Architects
Hunter Morrison		Director, Center for Urban Affairs Youngstown State University
August A. Napoli, Jr.		Vice Chairman, Division of Institutional Relations & Development, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Katherine T. O'Neill		Civic Activist
Stephen P. Owendoff		Partner, Hahn Loeser & Parks
The Most Reverend Anthony M. Pilla		Bishop (Roman Catholic), Retired
Vincent Piscitello		President, VIP Restoration, Inc.
Richard W. Pogue		Advisor, Jones Day
James Rokakis		Treasurer, Cuyahoga County of Ohio
Joan H. Southgate		Community Volunteer , Founder of Restore Cleveland Hope
Dr. Roberta Steinbacher		Assistant Dean and Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Carl H. Unterweiser		General Counsel, Lake Hospital Systems
Peter van Dijk		Consultant, Westlake Reed Leskosky Architects
Margie Wheeler		Community Volunteer
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HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES
Dr. Virginia O. Benson		Associate Professor, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Judge Lillian Burke		Retired Judge
Gay C. Cull		Community Volunteer
Patricia S. Eldredge		Historic Color Consultant
Robert C. Gaede, FAIA		Retired President & Architect, Gaede Serne Architects
Thomas A. Jorgensen		Attorney, Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Bracy E. Lewis		Retired, Senior Vice President, Bank One, NA
John K. Lynch		Lynch & Lynch Company, LPA
Ted Sande, AIA		Architect, Historic Preservation Consultant
Olive Deany Tabor		Community Volunteer
Artha Woods		Community Volunteer

 

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